Interactive regional training course on SDG 6.4 indicators

The goal of this workshop organized by FAO was to bring together technical experts and statisticians to help with the methodology work for SDG Indicators 6.4.1 "Water use efficiency" and 6.4.2 "Water stress".

• Water Use Efficiency (WUE) at national level is the sum of the efficiencies in the major economic sectors weighted according to the proportion of water withdrawn by each sector over the total withdrawals. The indicator measures changes in WUE and has been designed to address the economic component of SDG Target 6.4.
• The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by major economic sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity and will measure progress towards SDG Target 6.4.

Participants learned more on: 

• the SDG framework and reporting process
• the methodologies for the computation of the indicators of the SDG target 6.4
• the SDG 6.4 indicators data requirement and the FAO monitoring system through AQUASTAT
• the main interpretative lines the indicators 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 offer
• the tools and services through which FAO supports countries in strengthening the technical and monitoring capacity and mechanisms
• the opportunities for further support from FAO to countries, including establishing synergies with existing projects and programs, as well as identifying new possibilities at regional and national level.